From left: Dr Matthew J Bennett, Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Aston Martin, Salman Abdullah Abdul Ghani, Chairman, Horizon Motors, Neil Slade, General Manager, Aston Martin, Middle East and North Africa, and Alaa Abbas, CEO, Horizon Motors, with the new Vanquish in Doha.Salim Matramkot
Aston Martin, the British luxury sports car maker unveiled a stunning new luxury sports car – the Vanquish, priced $1.5m per car, in the presence of huge media gathering here at Horizon Automobiles showroom.
This breath-taking new super grand tourer represents the zenith of current Aston Martin design and engineering. Vanquish points to an exciting and confident future for the historic brand.
Vanquish is a new Aston Martin featuring the next generation of the renowned VH architecture as well as a significantly upgraded 6.0-litre V12 engine that is considerably more potent than before.
The per-launching press conference was held in the presence of the senior officials of Aston Martin, Dr Matthew J Bennett, Regional Director for Asia Pacific, and Neil Slade, General Manager, Middle East and North Africa. Also present at the event were Salman Abduallah Abdul Ghani, Chairman, Horizon Automobiles, Alaa Abbas, CEO, Horizon Automobiles and other officials of Aston Martin.
The design represents the latest take on Aston Martin’s iconic visual language. The newly launched car sees the brand continue its enviable tradition of producing some of the most beautiful sports cars in the world. Styling cues such as the elegant new waist, elongated side strakes and LED rear light blades are derived from the One-77 supercar.
The design shows a clear and coherent lineage from its heritage while providing an equally clear pointer to the luxury car brand’s vibrant future. Closer inspection reveals details such as the new Aero Duct on the rear boot lid. This elegantly devised passive engineering feature, which counteracts lift at the car’s rear when traveling at speed, is a triumph of both design and technical ability.
Performance, presence, style and great British craftsmanship – the new Vanquish has all these traits in abundance.
Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez through his written message, said: “Today’s Vanquish is the ultimate expression of Aston Martin design ethos, engineering innovation and technical ability. It offers luxurious, continent-crossing capability and pure driving excitement without compromise.
“Bearing the same name as the iconic original Vanquish that did so much to cement Aston Martin’s reputation as a maker of great GT cars in the modern era, I believe the car unveiled today once again puts this great British brand at the top of its class.
“The new Vanquish mixes beautiful design with impressive technology such as the superb new infotainment system. This is the latest incarnation of everything we know, informed and developed from One-77. It is the ultimate Super Grand Tourer – confident and assured – and is the newest representation of Power, Beauty and Soul.”
As happy on the streets of a bustling city as it is carving through the countryside or long distance motorway touring, the Vanquish offers a thoroughbred British luxury sports car that’s also suited to everyday use.
Powered by a significantly revised naturally aspirated petrol engine mated to the proven Touchtronic 2 six-speed automatic gearbox, the new car offers suitably impressive performance figures. The V12’s power peak of 565 bhp (573 PS) makes it Aston Martin’s most potent production model yet, outmuscled only by the strictly limited edition £1.2m One-77 supercar.
The raw statistics speak for themselves: 573 PS at 6,750 rpm, 620 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm, 0-62 mph in 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph place the Vanquish firmly into supercar territory.
Yet the brand’s team of engineers has been working towards economy and emissions improvements, too.
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